ADS-B Exchange
Verified working Oct 3, 2026
Community-fed flight tracking with unfiltered real-time aircraft data.
ADS-B Exchange is a global flight-tracking network built from contributed ADS-B, Mode S, and MLAT receiver data. It provides live aircraft maps for individual users and subscription data feeds for organizations that need real-time or historical aviation visibility.
Why it stands out
- Large independent receiver network, with the site citing more than 25,000 active receivers.
- Emphasis on displaying aircraft broadcasts as received rather than heavily filtering the public map.
- Combines hobbyist map access with production data products for business and research workflows.
- Offers both low-latency live positions and daily completed-flight datasets.
Good to know
- Coverage still depends on where community and business receivers are operating, so sparse regions may have gaps.
- Enterprise-grade data feeds are subscription products rather than purely free public downloads.
- The camera-based app experience is described as coming soon, not as a fully available product on the page.
- ADS-B-derived tracking reflects aircraft broadcasts and network reception, not an official air traffic control record.
Under the radar: Don’t stop at the main map: the site’s “Interesting Map Activity,” “Most Watched,” “Close Calls,” and “Unmanned Aircraft” views surface pre-filtered activity that can reveal unusual traffic faster than manual searching.
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Aviation researchers, journalists, and investigators can monitor aircraft activity with fewer filtering assumptions than many consumer trackers. Track aircraft in real time on a global web map. Reconstruct flight paths for analysis, reporting, or modeling. Contribute receiver data to improve coverage in your region. Build operational systems using live, daily, or streaming aircraft feeds.
Live aircraft map, community receiver network, ADS-B/Mode S/MLAT data collection, position updates advertised at 500ms intervals, historical flight-path data, special map views, feeder and developer hubs, enterprise live and daily data products.
Technical Notes
- Developer and enterprise sections document API access, including sample API calls.
- Structured delivery options include streaming documentation, sample gRPC streaming, and pulling data via S3.
- Live and daily data products appear to be subscription-based for production use.
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